NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers

NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni created the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers to examine issues raised in the National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, and to respond to the challenges issued to government funding agencies to maximize the potential of women scientists and engineers. Dr. Zerhouni and Dr. Vivian W. Pinn, Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health are co-chairing the Working Group, which will carefully consider the recommendations in the National Academies report and develop innovative strategies and tangible actions that can be implemented to promote the advancement of women in research careers both within the NIH intramural community and throughout the extramural research community.

The NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers is an internal NIH Committee. We welcome input from the extramural community and the public on this important issue and we will be providing opportunities for comments and feedback at public forums to be announced.

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